Entering Waypoints Simplified for HDS Keypad Models On June 17, 2013

(HDS keypad models)

Creating waypoints on the water with your GPS is easy with 2 pushes of the waypoint button. But sometimes we have waypoints from maps, friends or secret sources that we want to enter in your GPS and they may be in degrees minutes

  

or degrees minutes and seconds 



You must get it right or the entered waypoint will not be accurate but you can change the format in your Lowrance before you enter them to match your format. Here is how you can enter waypoints - simplified!

For the HDS keypad models 



For the HDS touch models


An easy way to enter a waypoint with the HDS keypad models is to press the waypoint button once and select the latitude and longitude. 

Enter the numbers with the keypad using the arrow keys to change the numbers to the ones you want to change.



If you have a HDS Touch press the waypoint button once and select the latitude and longitude. 

Enter the numbers with the keypad to change the numbers to the ones you want to change and use the arrow key to select which number to change. 


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